Articles relating to Gearboxes

Quarter turn & multi turn gearboxes for the valve industry

Valve-Gears are a stockist and supplier of gearboxes, to the international valve and actuator industry. There is uncompromising reliability in ...
Valveuser Issue 50

Rotork Master Station launched for increased valve actuator control

Rotork’s latest generation of its innovative system for controlling and monitoring valve actuators and plant equipment has been launched. The ...
Valveuser Issue 49

Versatility Meets Design

Modular, resilient, versatile – these are the core properties of the quarter-turn actuator DFPD from Festo. This rack and pinion combination is thus ...
Valveuser Issue 49

AVA open new UK Facility following a successful 2018

Following a very successful 2018, AV Actuators (AVA) are opening a new facility here in the UK to allow its next stage of development. AVA has spent ...
Valveuser Issue 48

Rotork Delivers Customised Solution for Challenging Subsea Applications: Rotork Gears has successfully completed an order from Fluitek Valves

The order was for customised heavy-duty gearboxes to operate 450mm (18") Class 600 subsea ball valves at a depth of 130 to 150m (460 to 490ft) in the ...
Valveuser Issue 44

‘Supply chain agility crucial to capitalise on recovering market’ claims Actuated Solutions: Actuated Solutions Ltd emplore the Oil & Gas sector to embrace agile supply chain practices

In February, a month after Brent crude surpassed the $71 marker for the first time in three years, specialist provider of value automation products, ...
Valveuser Issue 44

The Great British Stand!

As Hobbs Valve now sit within the newly formed Great British Valve Group (GBVG), the Group’s Chairman Alun Hobbs decided to make a real splash at the ...
Valveuser Issue 43

Rotork extends established range of manual bevel valve gearboxes

The Rotork Gears Hand Operated Bevel HOB3 gearbox is a new addition to the well-established HOB/MPR range of bevel gearboxes, designed to offer ...
Valveuser Issue 42

Actuated Solutions - built on experience & a commitment to unparalleled service: Actuated Solutions was started in 2003 as a joint venture between two friends and colleagues, Paul Slaughter and Chris Hickey.

The pair previously held senior sales positions for one of the largest multinational providers of valve automation products. When the firm closed its ...
Valveuser Issue 42

AV Actuators Launch New Product and Officially Launch in USA

Following a successful 2016 launching in the UK, and huge interest in the product at Valve World in Dusseldorf, AV Actuators brings new products to ...
Valveuser Issue 41

Next Generation Subsea Rotary Actuator – Product Range Extended

Small bore subsea valve specialist LB Bentley Ltd, part of the Severn Glocon Group Plc, has continued the development of its advanced rotary ...
Valveuser Issue 41

Adding Value to the Motor Operated Valve: Part 3

The valve control market faces increasing pressure from commoditisation of its products. Here’s how to avoid a race to the bottom.In the third of ...
Valveuser Issue 38

Utilising subsea expertise to take technology to the surface

Extensive product development and superior technical expertise has helped propel BEL Valves to become a world leading high integrity valve ...
Valveuser Issue 38

Ultravalve Acquisition Strengthens Bonomi’s UK Operation

Leading process valve and actuator supplier Bonomi (UK) has announced the acquisition of one of its largest UK distributors, Ultravalve ...
Valveuser Issue 38

New gearbox for motorised quarter-turn applications

The latest addition to the market-leading range of gearboxes manufactured by Rotork Gears is a rugged, industrial grade product designed for use with ...
Valveuser Issue 35

Rotork Gears introduces new valve gearbox with GOST Standard dimensions

Rotork Gears, the specialist valve gearbox manufacturer in the Rotork group of flow control companies, has introduced the NTBG series of bevel ...
Valveuser Issue 26

First orders for Rotork’s robust and compact 242 Series manual gear operators

Rotork Gears reports that international markets have reacted positively to the introduction of its range of 242 Series manual gear operators and ...
Valveuser Issue 25

Rotork declutch gearboxes deliver swift support for retrofit power plant upgrade

Rotork Gears has supplied specialised declutch manual override gearboxes on swift delivery for a damper drive retrofit upgrade project at a large ...
Valveuser Issue 24

IB series bevel gearboxes manufactured by Rotork Gears: Two sites, four million cubic metres of oil, four hundred and sixty-nine Rotork actuators

These apparently random statistics are all connected with a giant oil storage project in Central China created as part of a key national energy ...
Valveuser Issue 23

Rotork’s big valve gearboxes assist the supply of fresh water to Shanghai

Valve gearboxes manufactured by Rotork Gears have been supplied for the operation of giant butterfly valves in a 17 billion Renminbi (RMB) project ...
Valveuser Issue 22